Chapter 445: Properly Greet Them

"Commander, the enemy artillery is very clever; they are employing mobile shelling!"

"After the fleet was hit by the first round of fire from the Chinese artillery, the Imperial Japanese Navy's observation soldiers immediately conducted observations, but the Chinese artillery changed their firing positions right away."

"Their second round of fire came from a different direction!"

"Up to this moment, the Imperial observation soldiers have been unable to determine the location of the Chinese artillery."

Upon hearing this, Fujiwara Koji was so angry that he walked straight up to the Major who was reporting the situation and slapped him across the face.

"Baka! (Idiot!)"

"The enemy has repeatedly shelled our Imperial Navy, yet you still haven't discovered their artillery positions; you are all bucket-heads!"

"Report to the Commander, our communication with Anqing City has been severed."

"Have you found the Chinese artillery positions yet?"

After the Sichuan Army finished firing the poison gas, they fired several more rounds of conventional artillery; shells were constantly landing inside the city, and many Imperial soldiers suffered heavy blows.

His heart was also filled with a burst of rage; it was all the fault of those few observation soldiers for not being able to handle such a small matter, causing him to be slapped by the General.

After leaving the command post, Ono Guilang immediately went to the observation soldiers.

"Therefore, it is very regrettable that the Imperial Japanese Navy is currently unable to strike the Chinese artillery positions with precision."

Imperial Warriors were falling one after another; Yasuda Ichiro felt deep remorse, as the Central China Area Army Commander Hata Shunroku had previously sent a telegram to the Hada Detachment.

"I suspect the Sichuan Army's artillery unit also launched Special Smoke at Anqing City."

"We received a telegram from the Navy Marine Corps; Colonel Shibata Anrong was not stationed inside Anqing City tonight, and the two thousand Imperial Warriors under his command escaped this Special Smoke attack."

Now that the Hada Detachment had lost communication, Colonel Yasuda Ichiro could not contact the outside world either.

As for covering one's nose and mouth with a wet towel, while this could filter out a certain amount of poison gas, as time passed, the poison gas would still invade the human body.

At this moment, inside Anqing City, the Infantry Regiment Commander of the Japanese Army, Yasuda Ichiro, although wearing a gas mask on his face...

"The Hada Detachment inside the city... has in all likelihood Jade Shattered."

The few observation soldiers nodded and bowed, starting their work; after Ono Guilang beat them up, he felt much more relieved.

Just at this moment, a Communications Soldier ran hurriedly to the command post, "Your Excellency Commander, Your Excellency Lieutenant Colonel."

When the observation soldiers saw the Major arrive, they immediately saluted one by one; Ono Guilang's eyes turned cold: "What are your... observation results?"

The Special Smoke launched by the Sichuan Army this time had even greater power than the Special Smoke manufactured by the Imperial Army.

"After the Artillery Battalion Commander and his men finished a round of fire, they immediately relocated, but the power of the Japanese naval guns is great, so a platoon of brothers was still injured by the shockwave."

This time, the Japanese Navy's shelling was indiscriminate; everywhere the Sichuan Army had previously set up artillery positions was hit by a round of fire from the Japanese naval fleet.

However, his regiment no longer had many soldiers capable of fighting.

Zhang Yun's heart sank when he saw this situation; just as he was about to pick up the telephone, the Communication Staff Officer ran over: "Report to the Division Commander, Division Commander Zhang, the artillery positions are unharmed."

If the fleet hadn't fled at full power, who knows how many Imperial Warriors would have died; it would not have been so easy for the Imperial Warriors inside Anqing City to escape with their lives.

"Currently, Colonel Shibata Anrong is leading the Imperial Warriors toward Anqing City."

When Fujiwara Koji heard that the Imperial Japanese Navy Marine Corps still had two thousand men, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth!

"Yosh!"

Even if the Sichuan Army troops came to launch a sneak attack, they could just use the Special Smoke to rout them; he hadn't expected the Sichuan Army to launch a retaliatory poison gas attack, almost wiping out the entire Hada Detachment.

What the Communication Staff Officer said made perfect sense; their own fleet on the river had been shelled by the Sichuan Army, and the amount of Special Smoke was not small at all.

The poison gas bombs that the Sichuan Army troops dropped on the Japanese Army this time were carefully prepared by Yu Hua; this poison gas was exchanged through the Golden Bowl, and its power had already surpassed all poison gas developed by any country in 1938.

"Hai!" The Major, who had been slapped several times by Fujiwara Koji, immediately nodded and bowed!

After the Sichuan Army artillery finished a few rounds of conventional fire, they began to relocate their artillery positions again.

"Hai!" The Communications Soldier nodded and bowed.

They were told to be extremely careful of the Sichuan Army's counterattack and to maintain tight defenses; unfortunately, the Hada Detachment was immersed in the joy of using Special Smoke to rout the Sichuan Army, believing the Sichuan Army was vulnerable to a single blow.

"Report to Your Excellency Major, the Chinese artillery is employing mobile shelling, which is truly cunning; we are currently unable to determine their exact location."

"You are all... trash; the Imperial Navy has been under enemy fire for so long, and you still cannot find the enemy's artillery positions."

Inside the command post!

Fujiwara Koji's gaze turned toward the Communication Staff Officer: "The Imperial Navy has been shelled by the Sichuan Army; what is the status of the Hada Detachment in Anqing City?"

"Counterattack immediately! Direct fire toward the direction from which the enemy previously shelled us!!"

"Report!"

"Contact Colonel Shibata Anrong immediately; have him lead his troops to investigate the situation. If the number of Sichuan Army troops launching the sneak attack is small, seize Anqing City immediately."

Because of the large amount of poison gas permeating the area, many Imperial Warriors, even though they used wet towels to block their noses and mouths, were still poisoned to death by the gas after a long period of time.

Seeing this, Zhang Zhenhan, who was inside the command post, shouted: "Old Zhang, hurry and contact the artillery to see if they have suffered any losses."

Outside the city!

And just as the artillery positions had been relocated, countless shells whistled through the sky and landed on the very artillery positions the Sichuan Army troops had just vacated.

As for the Hada Detachment's artillery unit, they were also mostly dead or wounded, because the Artillery Regiment was in a similar state; many Japanese soldiers were not wearing gas masks, and only a few officers had put them on.

"Hai!"

"The enemy's numbers are too high; retreat immediately and move closer to the fleet. I will lure the enemy over and use the naval guns to properly greet them."

When Ono Guilang was tired from hitting them himself, he stopped and said to the few observation soldiers: "Immediately send a signal to the Imperial Navy fleet to conduct a round of fire on the positions where the enemy previously shelled us."

Ono Guilang walked up and delivered several slaps, adding a few hard kicks for good measure: "Baka!"

The remaining artillerymen all used wet towels to block their noses and mouths; as for counter-shelling, the artillerymen were all dead, so there was no point in trying to counterattack.

Zhang Zhenhan was quite anxious; judging from the counter-shelling just now, it was the Japanese fleet that had fled on the river, now conducting retaliatory shelling.

Upon hearing this, coldness filled Fujiwara Koji's eyes, "Baka!"

The few observation soldiers, now suffering from Ono Guilang's brutal beating, did not dare to say anything more and let Ono Guilang vent his anger.

Seeing that the artillery positions were unharmed, the two of them let out long sighs of relief.

"This Japanese Army fleet is truly damn detestable; they fled too quickly just now, and it is truly a pity we didn't annihilate them."

Zhang Zhenhan was furious, feeling extreme hatred toward the Japanese Army fleet on the river.

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